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Bill C-555 (Historical)

An Act respecting the Marine Mammal Regulations (seal fishery observation licence)

This bill is from the 41st Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in August 2015.

Sponsor

Greg Kerr  Conservative

Introduced as a private member’s bill.

Status

This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment requires the Governor in Council to amend the Marine Mammal Regulations to increase the distance that a person must maintain from another person who is fishing for seals, except under the authority of a seal fishery observation licence.

Similar bills

C-636 (40th Parliament, 3rd session) An Act respecting the Marine Mammals Regulations (seal fishery observation licence)

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-555s:

C-555 (2010) Telecommunications Transparency and Fairness Act
C-555 (2009) Telecommunications Transparency and Fairness Act
C-555 (2008) Telecommunications Clarity and Fairness Act

Votes

May 28, 2014 Passed That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans.

Fisheries and Oceans Committee, on June 2, 2014

    Fisheries and Oceans Committee, on June 11, 2014

    • Frank Pinhorn, Executive Director, Canadian Sealers Association
    • Trevor Swerdfager, Assistant Deputy Minister, Ecosystems and Fisheries Management - Operations, Department of Fisheries and Oceans
    • Jean-François Sylvestre, Chief, Conservation and Protection, Department of Fisheries and Oceans
    • Yves Richard, Chief, Regulations, Quebec, Department of Fisheries and Oceans
    • Randy Jenkins, Director, National Fisheries Intelligence Service, Department of Fisheries and Oceans
    • Rob Clarke, Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River, CPC

    Fisheries and Oceans Committee, on Nov. 25, 2014

    • Dion Dakins, Chief Executive Officer, Carino Processing Ltd.